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Title 7: SNAP Page 4 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter A: Administration Overview Revised June 20, 2025 Definitions “Enrolled in an institution of higher education” means a person enrolled in:  A business, vocational, technical or trade school that normally requires a high school diploma or equivalency certificate for enrollment in the curriculum.  A regular curriculum at a junior, community, two-year, or four-year college or university that offers degree programs, regardless of whether a high school diploma is required. This does not include special programs such as courses for English as a second language that are not part of the regular curriculum. “EPPIC®” means Electronic Payment Processing and Information Control, which is a trademarked data processing system owned by Conduent, Iowa’s EBT contractor. EPPIC® provides an interface between the Department and Conduent by transferring information from the Automated Benefit Calculation (ABC) system to Conduent. EPPIC® does not transmit information to ABC. (See 14-J for more information on EPPIC®.) “Federal fiscal year” means a period of 12 months beginning with each October 1 and ending with September 30 of the following calendar year. “FIP” means the Family Investment Program, which is Iowa’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance program. “FNS” means the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, which is the federal agency that administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The “Food and Nutrition Act of 2008” is the federal law that authorizes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program and was formerly known as the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-113), including any subsequent amendments. “General assistance” means:  Cash or another form of assistance, excluding in-kind assistance,  Which is financed by state or local funds,  As part of a program that provides assistance to cover living expenses or other basic needs intended to promote the health or wellbeing of recipients. This includes veterans’ relief (other than assistance for burial expense of deceased veterans and their survivors), general relief, and Indian relief. General assistance means government, as opposed to private, funds administered on the state or local level.